Jems Koko Bi

Jems Koko Bi

BornNationalityBased In
1966IvorianEssen
Biography

Both a sculptor and a performer, Jems Koko Bi mixes avant-gardist influences to his firmly african history. In his works, he questions the notions of space and time, within a wider and ongoing reflexion on his own existence.''The trees give me instructions and I carry them out in the wood. They advise me and I tell their stories.'' His wooden sculptures initiate a conversation with the forces of nature. In his studio at the heart of the forest, immense sculptures see the light of day and interrogates the identity and the ancesters, the native land and the exile. Through a subtle and confident gesture, the artist reveals the outlines of matter. Following multiple deafening swings, a face comes out of the stump. The mechanised, sympathetic, hand drags it out. It has always existed, but it was hidden from the world. The gesture reveals its shape. In rhythm, through gentle touches, the artist seems to caress its surface, which he transforms at each passage. He awakens the element with a mastered intuitive precision: a dance armed with an iron fist in a breath of tenderness. ...

Selected Artworks
Le Lecteur
Jems Koko BiLe Lecteur, 2019
202 x 49 x 74cm
Les Visionnaires #10
Les visionnaires #17
Les Visionnaires #27
Les visionnaires #28
No Man's Land #13
No Man's Land #17
Pause, chaise #2
Pause Figurine #4
Passengers
Jems Koko BiPassengers, 2012
600 x 400 x 80cm
Au delà des chaises #1
Pause figurine #1
Empty
Jems Koko BiEmpty, 2016
650 x 80 x 200cm
Pause Figurine #2
Pause, chaise #1
Deux visions
Jems Koko BiDeux visions, 2021
76 x 62 x 80cm
Carnet intime
Jems Koko BiCarnet intime, 2017
331 x 70 x 74cm
Tomorrow's land #5
L'autre moi #1
Au delà des chaises #1
Bassam
Jems Koko BiBassam, 2021
235 x 70 x 100cm
Carnet intime
Jems Koko BiCarnet intime, 2017
331 x 70 x 74cm
Cocon
Jems Koko BiCocon, 2021
283 x 67 x 85cm
Consultation
Deux visions
Jems Koko BiDeux visions, 2021
76 x 62 x 80cm
Domino
Jems Koko BiDomino, 2015
238 x 260 x 113cm
Empty
Jems Koko BiEmpty, 2016
650 x 80 x 200cm
Face au monde
Jems Koko BiFace au monde, 2019
130 x 40 x 50cm
Gardien II
Gardiens du temps I
Gardiens du temps II
Guilty #1
Jems Koko BiGuilty #1, 2015
198 x 47 x 50cm
Guilty #2
Jems Koko BiGuilty #2, 2015
194 x 57 x 54cm
Homeless
Jems Koko BiHomeless, 2015
90 x 290 x 136cm
Johanna
Jems Koko BiJohanna, 2017
270 x 60 x 65cm
L'arbre fruitier
L'autre moi #1
L'autre moi #2
L'autre moi #3
L'autre moi #4
L'observateur
Jems Koko BiL'observateur, 2021
190 x 50 x 50cm
L'oracle
La visite
Le Chant du Colibri I
Le Chant du Colibri II
Le sommeil de l'arbre
Les Jurés
Jems Koko BiLes Jurés, 2013
272 x 40 x 65cm
Les Visionnaires #1
Les Visionnaires #10
Les Visionnaires #12
Les Visionnaires #13
Les Visionnaires #15
Les Visionnaires #16
Les Visionnaires #2
Les Visionnaires #22
Les Visionnaires #23
Les Visionnaires #24
Les Visionnaires #25
Les Visionnaires #26
Les Visionnaires #27
Les visionnaires #28
Les visionnaires #29
Les Visionnaires #4
Les Visionnaires #7
L’arbre d'AMAEL
L’arbre d'AMAEL
Mother Wood
Jems Koko BiMother Wood, 2020
270 x 70 x 60cm
No Man's Land  #2
No Man's Land #12
No Man's Land #24
No Man's Land #5
No Man's Land #5
No Man's Land #7
No Man's Land #8
No Man's Land #9
No man’s land #1
No man’s land #10
No man’s land #11
No man’s land #13
No man’s land #15
No man’s land #16
No man’s land #3
No man’s land #4
No man’s land #6
No man’s land #7
No man’s land #8
No man’s land #9
Pause Figurine #2
Pause, chaise #1
Pause, chaise #3
Père et Enfant
Racines
Jems Koko BiRacines, 2016
290 x 350 x 350cm
Récit nocturne
Refuge
Jems Koko BiRefuge, 2017
210 x 50 x 55cm
Siamois
Jems Koko BiSiamois, 2021
44 x 33 x 25cm
Troncommun
Jems Koko BiTroncommun, 2015
196 x 96 x 80cm
Untitled #1
Untitled #2
Untitled #3
Untitled #4
Untitled #5
Untitled #6
Untitled #7
Les Visionnaires #11
Les visionnaires #17
Les Visionnaires #21
Les Visionnaires #3
Les Visionnaires #5
Les Visionnaires #6
Les Visionnaires #8
Les Visionnaires #9
No Man's Land  #19
No Man's Land #10
No Man's Land #15
No Man's Land #16
No Man's Land #17
No Man's Land #20
No Man's Land #1
No Man's Land #13
No Man's Land #18
No Man's Land #2
No Man's Land #22
No Man's Land #3
No Man's Land #6
Jems Koko BiNo Man's Land #6
38 x 22 x 23cm
Au delà des chaises #2
Chaise nomade
Jems Koko BiChaise nomade, 2014
195 x 65 x 45cm
Passengers
Jems Koko BiPassengers, 2012
600 x 400 x 80cm
Pause figurine #1
Jems Koko BiPause figurine #1
201 x 35 x 30cm
Pause Figurine #3
Pause Figurine #4
Pause, chaise #2
Pause, chaise #4
Two chairs in love
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Documenta2012 - Kassel
Dak’Art2001 - Dakar
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